Daniel Harton

Daniel Harton obituary

Daniel Harton

Daniel Harton Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Barnes-Friederich & Pope Funeral Home - Midwest City on Jul. 24, 2025.

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Senior Master Seargent (Ret.) Daniel Wade Harton, longtime Choctaw resident, passed from this life to the next on Friday, 18 July, 2025. He was 78. He started his new adventure from his home with his daughters there as he passed.

Dan was a retired United States Air Force veteran. He had a distinguished career spanning from 1966 to 1988 as an Air Traffic Controller, with many duty stations both overseas and stateside. One of his early duty stations was Tinker AFB, where he met his future wife Gwendolyn (Mitchell) Harton. Dan and Gwen were married 3 February, 1968. They moved to Choctaw in 1986.

Dan is preceded in his new journey by his wife Gwen of the home, and his parents, William and Helen Harton of Henrico, VA.

Dan will be waiting in Heaven for his daughters Paige Harton Bearden and Megan Harton.

He also has a head start on his Son in Law, CDR USPHS (Ret.) John Bearden and his grandchildren, Lindsey Renee (Bearden) Chism, Jonas Matthew Bearden, and Eli Robert Bearden. He has one great granddaughter Ellie Jaye Chism.

He will also be waiting for his sister Janet Waterman, and brothers Tom and Stuart Harton.

A graveside service will be observed at 10:00 am, on Thursday, 24 July

at Elmwood Cemetery, 1760 North Choctaw

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